Battery-free AGV Assembly Lines

Wingspan™ AGVs are the intelligent automated guided vehicles that avoid the expense and environmental concerns of batteries or chain-based conveyance. They’re a perfect fit for factories and heavy load transport.

We don’t believe you should pay for any more assembly line than you need. Battery-free AGV assembly lines are the flexible, scalable alternative to traditional chain conveyance or battery-powered AGVs. Instead of installing more infrastructure than you need now, we’ll provide the assembly line that fits today and is easy to change in the future.

Low-Risk Installation

With the only battery-free AGV test track of its kind in the U.S., we’ll prove out all of the AGVs, software and controls before they ship. Installation at your location is simple. See how quickly a Wingspan™ Battery-free AGV assembly line is installed in this video.

Scalable and Flexible

Because the physical installation is so minimal, it’s simple to respond to changes in product, process or path. Our customers add capacity or change line paths over the weekend without tearing off miles of metal track. And unlike magnetic tape for battery-powered AGV’s, inductive power transfer (IPT®) continuously provides power, data and location information. As with your initial install, we’ll prove it out on our floor, not yours.

Sustainable Inductive Power Transfer

We get a lot of inquiries from managers looking for a sustainable conveyance alternative. Chain based conveyors create waste and require toxic chemicals for their upkeep. Batteries are highly damaging to the environment, in creation and disposal. Ordinary AGVs consume extra floor space for charging stations, batteries, and spare AGVs. With Wingspan™, you’ll buy only the AGVs you need, optimizing your capacity utilization and protecting the environment. Here’s more about our commitment to sustainability.

Safe, Clean and Ergonomic

Pits and trenches can accumulate debris, dirt and grime leading to downtime. RedViking Wingspan™ AGVs operate on a smooth, flat surface with no openings in the floor. Wingspan™ offers 360° product access so that your operators can place parts without straining. The intelligent AGV knows when to lift the product and when to lower it, depending where it is on the line. The flat floor reduces potential trip or collision hazards for workers and low noise levels enable better worker communication.

Virtually Unlimited Payloads

Wingspan’s carrying capacity exceeds payloads of 200,000 lbs. and functions in a number of different modes as an indexing (asynchronous or synchronous) or continuously moving line. The result is a heavy payload line with alternating speeds, stopping locations and indexing times based on the AGV’s location. You won’t need to assign an AGV/Battery Supervisor to maintain continuous operation.

Turnkey Manufacturing AGVs

These are not lightweight material handling AGVs, they’re an engineered solution for manufacturing and heavy load transport, with turnkey installation by RedViking Engineers. Your RedViking Program Manager will oversee your project and will be your single point of contact for implementation as well as future changes to path, process or product.

Unattached to the facility and unencumbered by pits and chains, Wingspan™ battery-free AGVs create a portable, virtually invisible assembly line conveyance.